A few notes:

These are for FUN.
These are all based on the times people have run during the season, not influenced by the past or the pre-season, not judged via any bias on my part. If you somehow think I have it out for you, please let me assure you that is NOT the case.
I’ve instituted the HOBBS KESSLER RULE
- Last year, with the many dual meets and the top runners cruising through those, their average rating suffered. To account for that, I eliminated the bottom half of a runner’s ratings.
- This year, with less duals, still wanting to score mid-week meets, the rule still applies, but amended a bit. I’m taking the upper 2/3 of a runner’s ratings (rounding to the nearest whole number). So, if someone has run 5 races, I’m taking their best 3. 8 races, their best 5.
Currently, there are about 5500 girls rated. In a typical year, this will constitute a good 80% of the girls that are competing. I’m not sure if team numbers are down, I know coaches seemed to think that was the case in the preseason.
The team rankings are based on a hypothetical meet between all teams in a division or in the state.
There will be cases where Team A beats Team B in a meet, but Team B is ranked ahead of Team A. Not all the time, but this is often because Team B was missing a runner. Or the meet size matters, Team A has a weaker 5^th runner that doesn’t stack up as well against the entire division.
The rankings include all the meets listed here, even the ones without links (I’ll post those this week)
Boys will be up tomorrow morning.
These are for FUN. If you don’t like these fun rankings, I’ll throw a toddler with pointy elbows at you.